Tuesday, December 02, 2008

RIP: Author Richard K. Lyon

From SFScope online:

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America report the death of member Dr. Richard K. Lyon, on 21 November 2008. Born 22 December 1933, Lyon held a PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard, and held patents for chemical processes. As a science fiction writer, his first story appeared in Analog in 1973. He went on to write a trilogy with Andrew J. Offutt: Demon in the Mirror (1977), The Eye of Sarsis (1980), and Web of the Spider (1981). In 2007, his collection Tales from the Lyonheart was published by Wild Cat Books.

Lyon is survived by his wife and two sons.

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